Longing for old school landline in age of VOIP lag. In search of real suggestions/solutions!
Bare with me, please. Yes, this is part nostalgia, but there are also practical concerns. I own my ignorance that maybe there is a solution I simply don't have exposure to. No, I am not an octogenarian desperately clinging onto the past. I'm in my 30s and desperately clinging to the past. Lol.
The situation:
I live on a rural island. Just last month our entire county was out of power for more than a day due to a car car crash on the mainland.
We are finally on the precipice of building a family home after years and years of striving. I dislike the VOIP services I've had to deal with personally and professionally here. There is ALWAYS a lag and we end up talking over each other "Go ahead!" "No you first!" then both talking over each other again. Rinse and repeat. It makes phone conversations incredibly clunky and difficult, and strongly detracts from the ability to connect with loved ones. To top it off we have patchy cell service.
As I mentioned, the infrastructure supporting the island is a bit vulnerable. If we lose power we can't use VOIP. If it's for an extended period of time, and our cell phones lose battery, essentially we are SOL.
I have been trying to figure out if we can get a copper line run to our new build, as this would reduce the annoying over-internet lag experience AND give us an emergency line out if the power goes down, which is still a thing here with our windstorms in the winter.
Does anyone have a workaround? I would really like an old school landline for emergencies. Lots of homes here still rely on them, the issue I'm running into is getting a new line trenched/installed.
Thank you in advance for the help.
Thank you in advance for the trolling as well. I see you coming for me.